The conflict between the political components of the municipality continues to amplify. No sooner does one tug-of-war end than another surfaces. At the present time, the City Council is still living to the rhythm of the clash between the PJD and the PAM because of the "Balaji" affair which is far from being closed. The PJD councillors decided to boycott the meeting of the April session which was to take place last week and whose agenda was devoted in part to the dismissal of Abdessalam Balaji. Despite their presence in the corridors of the Council, the PJD elected officials refused to sign the attendance list in order to show their adversaries the political weight of the PJD in the architecture of the local assembly, as Abdessalam Balaji declared to "Le Matin". "Our conduct had the objective of sending political and ethical signals to those who try to sow discord within the Council by dragging it into a series of false problems," to repeat his idea. The PJD elected officials also wanted to express their indignation at the behaviour of the city's mayor who submitted to the pressure exerted by the parties demanding Balaji's dismissal from his post.

Moreover, Fathaallah Oualalou's attitude is strongly criticised and this will not be without consequences for the solidity of the majority. It must be said that the political configuration of the City Council is intrinsically linked to the origin of the dysfunctions in which the capital is floundering. "The components of the Council, under its different political colours, are all responsible, at various levels, for the situation of the city," declares a local elected official, adding that the councillors find themselves in a winding labyrinth and no longer know which saint to turn to. Today, it must be recognised that the divergences in the political positions of the components of the Council have seriously affected the local governance of the capital. This is qualified by all the words. Several elected officials are indeed firing their arrows at the city's mayor. Among the main criticisms, the failure noted in strengthening the capital's financial resources. "Since 2009, no effort has been made to think about other revenues. Rabat is incapable of finding new resources," indicated one of Rabat's young elected officials with regret. Indeed, the capital is plunging into a huge budgetary deficit and no solution seems to be looming on the horizon to remedy it. In addition to the lack of interest shown by the municipal Council towards revenues, the budgetary deficit is the consequence of the absence of investments and the lack of rigour observed in the collection of taxes and duties. Also on the menu, the absence of structuring projects for the benefit of the Rabat population. Thus, a radio silence hangs over the development plan to be set by the municipality, while its mandate is coming to an end soon, according to the PAM elected official Driss Razzi, president of the Hassan district. He does not mince his words, evoking the stagnation that the capital is experiencing as well as the problems from which it suffers, in terms of transport, lighting, cleanliness as well as for questions related to socio-cultural aspects. Abdessalam Balaji obviously does not share the assessment drawn up by Razi. For him, "the Council's record is positive, given the efforts made to resolve the problems related to public services".

He believes that the files entrusted by the delegation system to the PJD elected officials have recorded positive results. This is the case, in particular, for the sectors of cleanliness and civil society associations." Problems in cascade. The climate is electric within the City Council. The clashes between local elected officials, the absence of a common vision and the nonchalance observed in holding the meetings of the Council's commissions are all factors that contribute to the agony of the Rabat City Council, note some local councillors.